This study looked at blood samples that were
collected atWarren Air Force Basebetween 1948 and
1954. The researchers tested the samples for
celiac disease and compared the results from those
individuals collected recently. They found young
people today are more than 4 times as likely to
have celiac disease than the same age group in the
1950's.

Also noted in the study was that patients who did not
know they had celiac disease were almost 4 times as
likely to have died during the 45 years of follow up.